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Carlo Tavella
Carlo Tavella
Carlo Tavella

Carlo Tavella

Italian, 1668 - 1738
BiographyBorn January 1668, in Milan; died December 1738, in Genoa.
Painter, draughtsman. Religious subjects, landscapes, landscapes with figures, urban landscapes.

Carlo Antonio Tavella was a pupil of Peter Molyn (known as Tempesta) and imitated his master's style in the early part of his career. He later modified his approach and became Genoa's most celebrated landscape painter.

"TAVELLA, Carlo Antonio." In Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online, http://www.oxfordartonline.com.proxy.lib.fsu.edu/subscriber/article/benezit/B00179965 (accessed April 16, 2012).
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